Literary Devices Quiz 451 (20 MCQs)

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1. There was a lion who liked scaring mice. The lion scared them all the time. But one day the lion was caught in a net. The mice felt sorry for him and chewed through the net. They set the lion free, and so the lion never scared the mice again.What did the lion learn?
2. What literary device is illustrated below: "Life is a journey"
3. The location and time frame in which the action of a narrative takes place
4. Links the objects, characters and events of a story with meanings beyond the literal meaning of the story
5. This literary device combines two very unlike things to make a point
6. Which of the following phrases is an alliteration?
7. A comparison between two things to better understand a concept
8. Why do writers use similes in their writing?
9. Which type of poem consists of 14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme and meter?
10. A figure of speech that compares using like or as
11. Mattie's red scarf in Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
12. Identify the appositive in the sentence below. My best friend, Chuck, is a gifted speaker.
13. The plumber's kitchen sink pipe burst.
14. Fear of
15. A connotation is:
16. Which of the following uses a positive connotation to describe a 90 year old man?
17. There can be multiple themes in the same text
18. What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence?The moon asked the stars to dance.
19. When the author SHOWS things that reveal a character's personality
20. Descriptive language that makes us sense something or picture something vividly